Georgia Trip

Here are some of the fun things we did during our stay in Georgia. We had a log of meals together with the family. My parents and little brother were there as well as Carson, Halli, and I. We stayed with my brother and his family for the first couple days of our trip then we switched and stayed with my sister and her family for the last couple days of our stay. It was so fun to see them both and be able to hang out with everyone every day. I wish I lived close to one of my siblings! Halli and Colby checking out the happenings outside.
Carson and Daisy playing

Future plumber.
Getting ready for the fireworks show. This is my dad, sister Dantzel, neice Mara, and brother Ryan. Yes, my brother's name is Ryan, and my husband's name is Ryan, and Aubry's husband Michael-his middle name is Ryan. Pretty popular name for our family.
Enjoying the fireworks
Being scared of the loud noises some of the fireworks make.
My mom bought all the cousins matching shirts. They were going to take some really cute pictures, but Halli wasn't about to let that happen. She refused to cooperate.
My first time eating at Waffle House. It was so tasty...the waffles were delish.
This is Halli's first silly face. I asked her to make a silly face and this is what she did!
My sister Dantzel took us to play at the mall one day during our visit. They had a fun play area and some little fountains in the mall. It was fun to walk around then let the kids play a bit. This is Carson and Halli with their cousins Rachel and Mara.
Carson and his cousin Ben getting along-that didn't happen much on the trip so I had to document it. Boys will be boys I guess.
We had a wonderful visit and enjoyed each day with my family. We just wished Ryan could have been there with us, but he was busy fishing with his dad and uncles out in Utah for the week. That is alright though-he had an awesome time with them as well!

New York City

Finally I am able to sit down and make a post about our fabulous vacation. Here is a photo journal of our trip. Our first stop was Times Square. We got there Tuesday afternoon and walked down to the busy spot in town. We ate lunch down there, went and played around in the huge Toys R Us, went shopping, and then that evening we got to go see Mary Poppins on Broadway-it was SO good! I loved it-the scene changes were amazing, the music was fun, and I of course loved the dancing!

Day two started with a trip to the Statue of Liberty. Before we rode the boat to see the lovely lady we ran into this guy and took some photos with him for a nominal fee :) Halli wasn't so sure about him.


Here's the view while on our boat ride out to the Island. Man I would love to live in this city! We all posed to get some photos in front of the Statue of Liberty. I love this one of Carson and Halli-they aren't fighting! Then we got a family photo with the view of NYC behind us!


Our hotel (Empire Hotel) was right down the street from the LDS temple. We didn't go inside, but we walked passed a bunch...next time we'll have to take some time to go inside! I think it is so amazing that there is a temple in Manhattan!
Mom and Dad walking with Halli-familiar sight on this trip.
We got to go to a Yankees game while we were there. My little brother Ryan is a huge fan, and we had the opportunity to go down to Monument Park and take a look around. It was really fun. A manager of the park gave us a tour around the Park and field-it was really cool!

There were some cool stairs at the Lincoln Center so the kids and I took some fun photos on them. The words on the stairs say Welcome in a bunch of different languages.
This is Ryan and I in the subway. I totally loved the subway...no traffic, fast transportation, and no weather to deal with! If the opportunity ever came we would seriously move to NYC. We loved it, and we can't wait to go back again. Next time Ryan and I will be going by ourselves for a getaway! I'm planning the trip already!
This last photo is Carson helping Halli get around the airport-she was riding on the suitcase.

Keeping Busy

I haven't posted my projects in a long time, so here is what I have been up to besides traveling all summer. This was Halli's birthday cake my sister and I made. We had tons of fun doing it together. Project #22I got to make an awesome cake with my sister-in-law Jessica for the 4th of July. Not only did it look delicious-it really was super tasty. Project #23This has been a work in progress for about a month. Well it took a month to complete, and has now been complete for about a month. My sister Lindsey also helped me with this project-we painted this tree in Carson's room, and I really love it in there! AC #24And finally I did these panels for Halli's room. She had a big empty wall, and I had to do something with it. I got the idea from the make it and love it blog (LOVE that blog!). I couldn't find quite the right color for the middle panel, but this is what I ended up with and it turned out alright. AC #25As a final note-I don't know why the entire post in underlined until now. I don't know how to fix it, and don't have the time to re-type everything so underlined it is going to be.

Up and comming

So I was going to post about our fabulous vacation was just got home from, but I can't get the photos to load quickly right now, and I'm headed off to girls camp in the morning so the fabulous vacation posting has been postponed. Check back next weekend for the wonderful excitement!

Hoedown Throwdown

So I am in charge of teaching a line dance at girls camp next week, and I decided it would be fun to learn the hoedown throwdown from Hannah Montana movie (I know it's not technically a line dance, but I'm in charge of it so I'm choosing this dance!). I spent the last hour and a half doing it over and over in my living room. It is a fun dance, and a fun song. I think the girls will have a lot of fun with it. I'm sweating like crazy though. If anyone is looking for a fun way to exercise I would recommend learning it (via youtube with Miley teaching it). She teaches it kinda fast, but thanks to my dancing roots I feel like I picked it up quickly. Boy was it nice to dance again-I forgot how much I love it. I'm thinking I'm gonna have to sign up for a dance class this fall!
As a side note-I watched the movie Dear John tonight and wasn't happy with how it ended-was anyone else really mad?

NYC

So our stay in New York City is over, but we are still vacationing. The kids and I are now in Georgia, and Ryan is currently in Idaho. He is having a family reunion all next week and I'm spending the week with most of my family here in Georgia-so we kinda have our own separate family reunions. Anyway...New York was AMAZING. We are already planning our next trip back (this time without the kids...although they did Great!). I'll talk all about our time there in an upcoming post, but I just wanted to share a short story...
So we stayed at this fancy hotel just off Central Park and the shower in the bathroom (shoot i should have taken a picture!) had glass covering half of the shower. So there was a big opening to get in, but no door to close up the shower. So the first night Ryan got the kids ready for the shower and put them in then thought where the heck is the door. So he called the front desk and said "my shower doesn't have a door." The receptionist informed him that it was the way it was designed. I laughed so hard when he told me that-I bet that wasn't the first time someone has called wondering where their shower door was.
It was a really cool shower though-the shower head was on the ceiling, and there were bamboo planks on the floor of the shower so you weren't standing in water - so there wasn't a ton a splash out the door. I'd like a shower like that in my house plus the other half of the door though so I didn't have to clean up a wet floor every day.